Philippine Airlines has set another milestone in its history after the airline flew a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from Manila to Miami non-stop, now setting the record for the longest non-stop flight ever set by a Philippine-carrier.
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The PAL Boeing 777-300ER in Miami! Photo credits: @Starallianceman (IG) and Aviation Philippines |
PR5112 from Manila to Miami was special flight to repatriate Filipino seafarers from Miami back to Manila with a technical stop at Los Angeles. So basically, PR5112 was a repositioning flight, and Miami was never in PAL's destination list.
However, PAL's longest scheduled non-stop commercial flight is still its Manila to New York JFK flights utilizing and Airbus A350-900. It is also the 8th longest non-stop scheduled flight in the world.
Notes:
- Contrary to our earlier report, PAL 5112 from Manila to Miami is not the world's longest non-stop 777 flight. A Pakistan International Airways B777-200LR flew from Hong Kong to London eastward, crossing two oceans.
- Based on the list of longest 777-300ER flights, the recent PAL MNL-JFK non-stop special flights (PR5126) have been the one recorded for the type of aircraft although, a Virgin Australia recently flew from Brisbane to Paris non-stop using the same type of aircraft.
- There has been a long debate about 'longest flights'. Some say only scheduled flights should be counted, some say that flight duration should be factored in, and some say that non-regular routes should not be counted and only those which follow the great circle distance, and so much more. Nevertheless, we are still proud of PAL's achievement of pushing the 777-300ER this far.
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